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" People criticised me for using too many exclamation marks and the word 'awesome' too much, but that's just me. "
Ella Woodward
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" What I hear a lot is that fresh, healthy eating isn't accessible. That it's full of bizarre ingredients people have never heard of that are really expensive. There's also a perception that it's time consuming and not very filling. "
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" If you eat broccoli steamed or boiled, it's not very exciting, but you can roast it with things like turmeric and make it amazing. It's all about how you cook something and what you pair it with. "
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" I finished my dissertation six weeks early. Who does that? As soon as something comes in, I like it to go out. "
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" Just because I like being healthy doesn't mean I can't have fun - I don't drink excessively, but I'll have a couple of vodka-and-sodas. "
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" My problem with the word 'clean' is that it has become too complicated. It has become too loaded. When I first read the term, it meant natural, unprocessed. Now it doesn't mean that at all. It means diet. It means fad. "
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" I'm always cooking big veggie curries for friends with tons of spices, coconut milk, chilli - I'll saute potatoes in the spices, then cook them with all the flavours and stir in some chickpeas and spinach at the end before serving it on a bed of sesame brown rice. It's easy to do and tastes amazing! "
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Cooking
Easy
End
" I don't know what would happen to me if I ate a bacon sandwich, but I'm just not interested. "
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Know
" My main aim is to change our perception of how we look at vegetables because I think vegetables have always been put on the side - it's always been your steamed broccoli or boiled broccoli with your meat. "
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Perception
Always
Change
" The free-from aisle is the most depressing place in the supermarket. "
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Aisle
Depressing
Place
" I'm promoting healthy - healthier - eating, not suggesting everyone should emulate me. "
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Healthy
Everyone
Eating
" Healthy eating doesn't have to be crazily complicated; it can actually be so fun. "
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Complicated
Eating
Fun
" It's about making small changes at first and adding foods to your diet before you take any away; start with one extra vegetable or fruit at every meal, and hey, presto, that's 21 portions a week. "
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Fruit
Week
You
" When I first started blogging, I kept it a secret from my friends and then started to show a few people, and it snowballed from there. "
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Started
People
Friends
" I don't want people to see healthy eating as a diet. I want it to be satisfying food that everyone takes pleasure in eating. "
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See
Diet
Eating
" I've always loved the scent of rose; it's just the most beautiful scent. If you open my bathroom cupboard, everything is rose scented. "
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Always
You
Beautiful
" I love really simple colours at home - lots of cream, beige, and grey with rustic wooden tables. "
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Really
Grey
Home
" Food was a big part of our family gatherings, but it was usually pasta. We didn't eat that well. Everything was home-made but not much veg or fruit. "
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Eat
Fruit
Pasta
" I wouldn't ever have believed I would marry so young, but it was love at first sight, so there was no point in holding back for the sake of it. "
Ella Woodward
Back
Young
Sight
" I love yoga, pilates, boxing, spinning, and weight lifting and tend to do a mix of them all. "
Ella Woodward
Yoga
Love
Boxing
" With eating well, there's a perception that it's depressing. People think they're just going to meditate and eat kale. "
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Eating
People
Think
" I literally never ate fruit or vegetables before. My diet instead revolved around ice cream, chocolate, peanut butter and jelly eaten with a spoon, pick-n-mix, and lots of cereal and pasta - I was a sugar monster. "
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Diet
Chocolate
Pasta
" I don't have one favourite spot - I love writing anywhere that I feel inspired. I have to admit that I do love getting cosy in bed or under blankets on the sofa and writing from there. "
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Writing
Sofa
Admit
" I love exercise, but I didn't join a single sports club as a student - I have no hand-eye coordination. Things like yoga are amazing, but anything with a ball just isn't for me. "
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Love
Sports
Exercise
" Honestly, I have been able to accept my father's new relationship because you get to that point with your parents that you realise it's their life, not yours. "
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Relationship
Parents
Life
" On a weekday, I'll go for a big bowl of creamy porridge with almond butter and berries if I'm at home, or a super quick chia seed breakfast if I'm running out the door first thing. "
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Go
Breakfast
Home
" It's so cool, the number of emails I get from people saying I changed their life. It's pretty crazy. "
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Crazy
Saying
People
" Before I changed my diet, every time I ate, my torso would feel burning hot, and the areas around my lymph nodes would really ache. "
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Feel
Diet
Changed
" I can't sleep with my make-up on. There is something about it. It doesn't matter what time it is; I just can't do it. "
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Sleep
Just
Matter
" My illness is now in remission, and on a day-to-day basis, I truly feel amazing. I wake up with such incredible energy, which I never had before my illness, and I really feel so in tune with my body. "
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Body
Amazing
Wake Up
" You can add things to savoury dishes as you cook, but sweet dishes are more challenging. "
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